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Housing Cost Burden by Income Group

Renter households spending more than 30% of their income on housing costs and utilities are cost burdened; those spending more than half of their income are severely cost burdened.

Affordable and Available Homes per 100 Renter Households

All Gap Data for Virginia

Virginia Richmond, VA Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 235,533 37,354 59,357 170,478
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 94,541 12,341 23,438 49,871
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -140,992 -25,013 -35,919 -120,607
At or below 50% AMI -148,249 -22,870 -37,480 -149,254
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 40 33 39 29
At or below 50% AMI 62 66 60 49
At or below 80% AMI 102 103 103 98
At or below 100% AMI 107 107 109 104
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 84% 85% 83% 85%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 76% 74% 82% 79%
51% to 80% AMI 46% 40% 58% 47%
81 to 100% AMI 18% 13% 24% 19%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 69% 70% 66% 74%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 32% 24% 37% 31%
51% to 80% AMI 4% 3% 7% 5%
81 to 100% AMI 1% 0% 2% 1%
AMI = Area Median Income.
Source: American Community Survey (ACS) and ACS Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS). For more information on the estimates’ margin of error, please contact aaurand@nlihc.org.